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- MATCH MAKING MACHINE.-

No. 450,405. Patented Apr. 14, 1891.

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UNITED STATES` PATENT/@inca CHARLES J. DONNELLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MATCH-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,405, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed February 15 1890. Serial No. 340,653. (No model.)

To all whom t muy concern:

3e it known that I, CHARLES J. DONNELLY, acitizen of the United States, residing in the. city and county of Philadelphia, State of f Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improve1nent in Match-Making Machines, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings. v

The invention relates to certain improvements in machines for coiling match-splints between tapes or webbing and cutting the same preparatory to dipping or heading them chine embracing my invention. Fig. 2 represents a top plan view. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view on line o: or, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a detail view showing the ball-bearing tension device at end of the weighted leverarm. Fig. 5 represents a view of the splint-separating device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severa-l figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the standard or frame of a match-machine having the hopper B secured thereto. C designates the driving-shaft journaled in the frame A and having the driving-pulley or wheel D thereon. A pinion E on the shaft C meshesV with a gear-wheel F on the .drum-shaft G, which. latter has bearings in the frame A. The drum H, which is mounted on said shaft G, has the side and central portions d ct c of its periphery, which t into an opening in the hopper, uted, so as to readily receive the splints, while the intermediate portions ct of the periphery are grooved or depressed below the iuted portions for the admission of the binding tapes or webbing.

Mounted on a shaft J, having bearings in an arm or extension K at one end of the frame, are spools or drums L, carrying the tapes or webbing M, which latter are passed around the rollers b b' b" and around the drum in the grooved portions d thereof. The inner ends of the tapes are wound around spools or drums mounted on a shaft or spindle N', havingbearingsin a swinging arm N, thelower end of which is secured to a sleeve loosely mounted on the shaft P. A sprocketwheel Q on the shaft P is connected by the sprocket-chain R with a sprocket-wheel Q on the shaft or spindle N', so as to communicate motion thereto. A train of gearing S T U conveys motion from`- the gear-wheel F of the drum-shaft G to theJ shaft P, on which the gear-wheel U is mounted.

Pivotally connected to the frame A is a weighted lever V, having its unweighted end passing through a vertical elongated opening or slotI o in the arm N and provided with a notch or recessed portion d, Vthe object of which will be hereinafter explained. Bearing against the lever V isa springV', secured to the arm N. Rigidly connected with the shaft of the lever V are arms W, the curved ends of which arev normally below the periphery of the drum I-I. A weighted elbow-lever X, pivoted to the frame A, has at its upper end a ballandsocket connection Y, provided with the short arms c, having the rollers f 8o thereon. `The rollers f bear against the tapes lor webbing M, thus controlling the tension of the same.

Journaled in the upper part of the frame A above the drum H is the shaft Z, on which is mounted a pinion Z', which meshes with a gear-wheel B on the shaft C. The latter shaft carries a knife or cutter D', adapted to cut the splints in two parts or in regular matchlengths before they are bundled. In

the central portion of the periphery of the drum is a groove adapted to receive,v the cutting-edge of the knife, so that the same may rotate below the level of the splints. A separator E' is secured to the frame between the cutter and the spindle N and consists of a wedge-shaped piece of material adapted to separate the ends of the severed parts of the splints, so that they can be wound upon their respective tapes or webbing without contact IOC with each other. The end F of thehopper` is pivotcd atits upper end, so as to be adapted to swing freely, and has secured to it a rod G', eccentrically connected with apinion H', meshing with a gear-wheel J', mounted on the shaft JX, suitably journaled in the frame A and gearing with a pinion Z2 on the shaft Z. A pinion E2 on a shaft J engages with the gear-wheel F, so as to rotate the said shaft Z. The bottom of the hopper is preferably inclined or sloping in a direction leading from the drum, and the end F' is also inclined, as shown, for the purpose of better agitating the splints and feeding them to the drum. Mounted on the shaft Z, and partly projecting into an opening I-I2 in the hopper between the wall thereof and the drum H, areL rotary brush wheels or rollers J2, which come` in contact with the splints and prevent their" crowding between the walls of the hopper and the drum.

The Voperation is as follows: The matchsplints are placed in the hopper B, and motion being communicated to the driving-shaft C by means of the driving-pulleyD the drum H is rotated by its connecting-gears E and F. The train of gearing E2, J', and H' imparts an oscillating motion to the end F' of the hopper, so that the splints are agitated or shaken so as to be separated, and are also pushed forward to the drum H, so as to be reliably fed to the same. The iiuted portions a a c receive the splints above the tapes or webbing M, and as the drum rotates carries them to the cutter D', rotated by means of connecting-gearing Z B', where they are cut in two. As the drum still further rotates and the severed ends of the splints come in contact with the sides of separatorE', the ends of the splints are forced apart, as shown in Fig. 5. At the sanne time motion is communicated to the spools on shaftN' by means of sprocket-wheels Q Q' and gearing S, T, and U, so that the tapes or webbing M are wound thereon, the splints being inclosed therein, as shown in Fig. l. Owing to the arm N being loosely mounted on the shaft P, as the coil of wound splints increases in size the said arm rides on the lever V until the notch d is reached, when the weighted end of the lever falls and, the unweighted end rising, the arms lV are thrown upward, removing the splints from the drum, so that they are no longer fed thereto. IVhen it is necessary to remove the roll of splints after a sufficient quantity have been wound or otherwise treat the same, the arm V operates, as above set forth, to stop the feed of the said splints to the drum and disengage the splints. In case of any possible inequality or difference of speed in the two tapes, the ball-and-socket connection Y,

permitting a slight turning of the same on its bearing, assists in lessening the friction, while at the same time aiding in maintaining a uniform tension. As the coil of wound splints on the spool on the spindle N becomes larger, a difference of speed is necessary between the sprocket-wheels Q Q' and the gearwheels U on the shaft P. To effect this, the sprocket-wheel Q, which is mounted on the said shaft, has between it and the gear-wheel U, which is splined on the said shaft and a clamping-plate U', the leather washers U2, the nut U3 on the threaded end of the shaft P binding the said sprocket-wheel Q and the gear-wheel U close enough together that the wheel Q is rotated by the movement of the wheel U, but at the same time is permitted to slip on its shaft as the coil of wound splints becomes larger, and the time of a rotation of the sprocket-wheel Q on the spindle-shaft is thereby lessened, so that the said wheel Q' may move in unison with the wheel Q. After the splints in the hopper have been removed by the arms lV from Contact with the drum, the spindle N' still rotating, several folds of Vrthe tapes or webbing are wound around the coil, so as to rmly secure the splints in place.

The gear-wheel U and the sprocket-wheels Q Q' may be preferably mounted on a stud bearing R', secured to the frame A, instead of on the shaft P, so that the sprocket-chain R may be kept in proper condition on the sprocket-wheels Q and Q'.

The knife maybe removed and a single sticks may be rolled in a coil in the webbing. In this case the sticks are dipped at either or both ends and cut in two as they are removed from the said coil. For rolling or coiling full-length sticks both tapes or webbing are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

l. A match-making machine having a hopper, a drum, a winding device, a cutter, a separator between said cutter and winding device, parallel continuous tapes passing around said drum and receiving thereon the splints from the hopper and binding them around said winding device, and a device for throwing the splints out of engagement with the drum, substantially as described.

2. In a match-machine, a frame with a hopper, a rotary drum, a rotary cutter, a swinging arm with rotary spool thereon, parallel continuous binding-tapes passing around said drum, receiving splints thereon and binding them on the said rotary spool, a separator being the splints out of engagement with the drum, and a tension device, substantially as described.

3. In a match-machine, a frame with hopper, a rotary drum feeding from said hopper, a swinging arm with rotary spools thereon, a cutter between said hopper and rotary spool, and a separator between said cutter and spool, said parts being combined substantially as described.

4. In a match-making machine, a hopper, a rotary drum with uted peripheral portion, a

tween said cutter and spool, a device for throwadjustably secured in a vertically-slottedl web-wheel inserted, after which full-length IOO IIO

continuous tape, a device for throwing the splints out of engagement with the drum, consisting ot` a weighted lever with curved arms, the latter being normally below the periphery of the drum, a spool, a cutter, and a separator between said spool and cutter, substantially as described.

5. In a match-machine, a frame with hopper, a drum fed by said hopper, a swinging arm with rotary spindle, and a weighted lever with notched end passing through said swinging arm and having means adapted to preventI the splints from being` fed to the drum, said parts being combined substantially as described.

6. In a match-machine, two substantially parallel tapes, in combination with a pivoted weighted elbow-lever having at its upper end a ball-and-socket joint with project-ing arms, and rollers on said arms, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a match-machine, a frame, a hopper with oscillating end piece, a rotary drum fed from the hopper, a swinging arm with rotary spindle, a cutter, a separator between said hopper and spindle, and an automatic device having arms for removing the splints in the hopper from contact with the drum, said parts being combined substantially as described.

8. A match-making machine consisting of a frame, a hopper with an oscillating end gate,

a rotary drum, a swinging arm with a rotary spool, a rotary cutter, a separator between said spool and cutter, a binding-tape, and a device for throwing the splints out of engagement with the drum, substantially as described.

'9. In a match-machine, the combination ot a frame, a hopper having an oscillating end piece and an inclined bottom, a rotary drum fed from said hopper, the continuous bindingtape, the device for raising the splints from the drum, a spool, a rotary cutter, a separator between said spool andcutter, and the brushwheels, substantially as described.

10. In a match-machine, a swinging arm havingits lower end mounted on a shaft and its upper end provided with a spindle carrying a spool, sprocket-wheels on said shaft and spindle connected by a chain belt, a splined gear-wheel on said shaft meshing with a train of gearing to impart motion to said sprocket.- wheels, Washers mounted on each 'side of the sprocket-wheel on the shatt and one of which bears against the said splined gear-Wheel, a clamping-pl ate mounted against and partially embracing the outer washer, and a clampingnut bearing against said clamping-plate, substantially as described.

CHARLES J. DONNELLY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM. 

